Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I'm grateful for livestream that allows me to watch my Buddhist teacher's dharma talks.  His guidance and equanimity ease me in this time of upheaval.  I talked briefly on the phone earlier with my son, who is disturbed that their plans of moving, his beginning a new graduate program, his wife working remotely, and other big changes seem to need to be put off right now.  I feel for them, but this new normal is uncertainty, and none of us knows that the future will bring.  "Rehearsing" as they call it in Buddhism, is unwholesome right now especially.  My Zen teacher's mantra "don't know" is a better state of mind, which leaves us without the false responsibility of our future, so that we may live in the present.  I wish I could comfort my kids and grandkids.  But I know I don't have the power to "fix" anything, including their states of mind.  Praying is the best I can do, and sending love and energy to them.  And all of you as well.